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David Skaith has been elected as the first mayor of York and North Yorkshire

The Conservative candidate for Humberside's Police & Crime Commissioner has narrowly hung on to his role after Thursday's election.

North Yorkshire Police say they would like to speak to two people following the theft of a mobile phone from The Waterhouse in Scarborough.

Scarborough is hosting it's first Street festival this weekend.

New homes can be built on the site of a Whitby landslip that led to the demolition of five cottages in 2012.

Police are appealing for information about a disturbance that occurred in Scarborough yesterday.

North Yorkshire Police are appealing for witnesses and dashcam footage following a collision on A171 at Ugthorpe, Whitby.

Following the death of a woman in Malton last week, North Yorkshire Police say they have referred themselves to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC).

The Conservative Party has suffered its worst electoral defeat in years, losing more than half of its councillors who stood for re-election across England.

Sky News has considered results from two million council wards and projected these voting figures into a nationwide estimate. They suggest, at the next general election, Labour could be on course to become the largest party but still short of a commons majority.

Kevin Spacey has denied new allegations of inappropriate behaviour from men who feature in a Channel 4 documentary released next week.

The King has increased his number of charity patronages by more than 200 and taken on some that were close to his mother's heart.

The Labour Party has some "searching" to do following its underperformance in areas with a high Muslim population, according to MP Jess Phillips.

Much has been said about the students whose protests have gripped America this past week.

China has been branded "a bully" and an international lawbreaker after its ships blasted Philippine vessels with water cannon in the South China Sea.

Meteors will be streaking across the sky this weekend as Earth passes through the debris of Halley's Comet.

The Conservative Party has suffered its worst electoral defeat in years, losing more than half of its councillors who stood for re-election across England.

Sky News has considered results from two million council wards and projected these voting figures into a nationwide estimate. They suggest, at the next general election, Labour could be on course to become the largest party but still short of a commons majority.

The King has increased his number of charity patronages by more than 200 and taken on some that were close to his mother's heart.

The parents of Josh Baker, a cricketer who died at the age of 20, have said they are both "broken" following his shock death.

Kevin Spacey has denied new allegations of inappropriate behaviour from men who feature in a Channel 4 documentary released next week.

At a time when jukebox musicals dominate London's West End, some of theatreland's stars argue the success of original shows is proof "audiences are ready to take a risk".

Like all good (just about) millennials, my Instagram algorithm knows me better than anyone else.

Meteors will be streaking across the sky this weekend as Earth passes through the debris of Halley's Comet.

China has been branded "a bully" and an international lawbreaker after its ships blasted Philippine vessels with water cannon in the South China Sea.

Three suspects have been charged by Canadian police over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Vancouver last June, in an incident that sparked a diplomatic spat between Ottawa and New Delhi.

Heavy rains in southern Brazil have killed 37 people, local authorities have said, with dozens still unaccounted for.

The UK will appoint a new envoy to oversee a plan to ramp up the production of weapons and ammunition, which is now a "national priority", the foreign secretary has revealed.

Kevin Spacey has denied new allegations of inappropriate behaviour from men who feature in a Channel 4 documentary released next week.

At a time when jukebox musicals dominate London's West End, some of theatreland's stars argue the success of original shows is proof "audiences are ready to take a risk".

Like all good (just about) millennials, my Instagram algorithm knows me better than anyone else.

Gyles Brandreth says he blames himself for the death of Rod Hull, who died in 1999 when he fell from the roof of his home while attempting to adjust his television aerial.

A famed "emotional support" alligator has gone missing while on a trip with its owner after being targeted by suspected pranksters.

Tech giant Apple has recorded the biggest drop in iPhone sales since the early months of the COVID pandemic.

Official figures have raised fears of a deepening public sector drag on the UK's economic recovery from recession.

China's Chang'e-6 robotic spacecraft blasts off, hoping to become the first mission to collect rock and soil samples from the far side of the moon.